Contributor Key — MA: Mary Armstrong | MB: Michael Blancato | CB: Chris Brown | MG: Michael Gold | SG: Sabrina Golphin | EG: Emily Guendelsberger | JF: James Friel | GMK: Gary M. Kramer | JM: Josh Middleton | AM: Abigail Minor CO: Cassie Owens | PR: Patrick Rapa | CS: Courtney Sexton | LS: Lee Stabert | BT: Brittany Thomas | NW: Nina Willbach Bedazzling by Brenna Adams | Photographs by Neal Santos

THURSDAY, MAY 24

Setting the tone for the arrival of summer, the massively popular Night Market returns, this time to NoLibs, with enough food trucks to make your head spin, like reigning Vendy champ Gigi and Big R and Nomad Pizzeria. Suds will be provided by Yards for this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it extravaganza. 7 p.m., $5, Second and Poplar sts., nightmarketphilly.org. —CB

FRIDAY, MAY 25

Mike Hammer’s Kiss Me Deadly is a dizzying, dazzling mindfuck. 11:30 p.m., $7, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., 610-527-9898, Bryn Mawr, brynmawrfilm.org. —GMK

SATURDAY, MAY 26

The Barnes Foundation opens this weekend. 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., $18, 2025 Ben Franklin Pkwy., barnesfoundation.org. —LS

SUNDAY, MAY 27

Poet Ankh Fyr Black’s Nehast is an elaborate epic involving all the baby-mama drama of Oedipus, but with Sun Ra’s transcendent, solar-powered sensibilities. 9 p.m., free, A-Space, 4722 Baltimore Ave., brownpapertickets.com. —NW

MONDAY, MAY 28

Organize a clean-up day with Schuylkill Scrub to help clean roads, parks and streams along the river — from Philly to the headwaters in Schuylkill County. Water, friends and an outdoor picnic when you’re finished? What says Memorial Day more than that? Through May 31, 800-445-4935, schuylkillscrub.org. —JM

TUESDAY, MAY 29

The 10 works in Luna Theater’s Solstice Play Festival explore the theme of “identity crisis,” all clocking in at a brisk 10 minutes or less. Through June 3, $23-$28, The Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St., 215-703-0033, lunatheater.org. —MG

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30

Tonight’s the VIP premiere of the performance aspect of “us.,” a pop-up collaboration between dance companies <fidget> and Anonymous Bodies. 8 p.m., $25-$30, Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St., anonymousbodies.org, thefidget.org. —JM

THURSDAY, MAY 31

Live Arts’ Jumpstart program has been giving six local upcoming performance artists space, time and money to hone their craft. Now the payoff: six original dance and theater pieces. Through June 2, 7 p.m., $18, Live Arts Studio, 919 N. Fifth St., 215-413-9006, livearts-fringe.org. —CB